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Undocumented Migrants

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 20 October 2025UIN 79304

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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's press release entitled UK-France treaty targeting illegal crossings comes into force, published on 7 August 2025, what Border Force's operational strategy is to (a)

Answered by Alex Norris

We do not comment on operations. This would give criminal gangs an insight into our operational processes, undermining the work we are carrying out to deter small boat crossings and tackle the criminal smuggling gangs behind these.

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